速描《金瓶梅》第65回／100

 

西门六妻瓶儿薄命， 葬礼博大。

 

西门遵循佛教做七， 七天一祭，长达35天

二七：玉皇庙道官施法

三七：永福寺道士念经

四七：赵喇嘛阿弥托福

五七：施水火交炼亡灵    

 

辞灵仪式空前绝后， 二百军阵， 弓马全装，填街塞巷，亲属堂客，轿子上百， 人山人海，殡压帝京。

 

西门大哭不止伴灵搭床宿夜，当晚在瓶儿灵房像前，跟奶妈如意云雨不胜欢愉。

 

正值吊念，中央来山东东视察，省领导要西门做东， 西门买单千人宴，心酸悲楚恋魂香。

 

Ximen’s 6th wife Ping dies young, but her memorial services last long. There is a ritual every seventh day, on the 2nd 7th day, the chief monk from Jade Temple leads chanting…on the 3rd the monk from Forever Lucky Temple comes chanting…on the 4th Zhao Lama comes praying…28 days later it’s a Farewell Ceremony.  There are 200 troupes riding horses, fully filling in the lanes of the street, over 100 relatives in carts, hundreds of thousands people cover the town, a bigger ceremony than a royal event.

 

Ximen cannot stop crying, has a bed setup in the funeral hall in front of Ping’s painting, that night, he slept with Ruyi, the nursing mom for his son.

 

During the 4th Seven of the memorial ritual, the capitol officials visit Shandong Province.  The Province officials requests Ximen to host the reception in his house,   Ximen entertains 1,000 people dinner in his house, but his heart is with Ping.